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. 2020 Jul;30(7):2821-2825.
doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-04440-4.

Real Life Changes in Physical Activity Due to Intragastric Balloon Therapy and Their Relationship to Improving Cognitive Functions: Preliminary Findings

Agata P Gaździńska  1 , Aleksandra Mojkowska  2   3 , Michał Janewicz  4 , Marek Binder  5 , Piotr Zieliński  6 , Stefan P Gazdzinski  7
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Real Life Changes in Physical Activity Due to Intragastric Balloon Therapy and Their Relationship to Improving Cognitive Functions: Preliminary Findings

Agata P Gaździńska et al. Obes Surg. 2020 Jul.

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Abstract

Background: We evaluated if the intragastric balloon (IGB) treatment leads to the increase in physical activity (PA) and whether they are related to cognitive improvements.

Methods: Fourteen morbidly obese patients (151 ± 24 kg, BMI = 51.8 ± 6.5, 107 ± 26% excess weight, 43.3 ± 10.6 years) underwent 6-day-long, uninterrupted evaluations of PA 1 month before IGB insertion and 1 month after its removal.

Results: Active energy expenditure and physical activity duration increased by more than 80% (p < 0.001) whereas the number of steps per day by 20% (p = 0.016). There was a pattern of relationships between cognitive improvements and increases in PA (p < 0.05). In particular, working memory improvements correlated with the increase in time spent on light physical activities (r = 0.673, p = 0.004).

Conclusion: The relationships suggest that an increase in physical activity mediates cognitive improvements in bariatric patients.

Keywords: Cognitive functions; Endoscopic bariatric therapy; Intragastric balloon; Obesity; Physical activity; Weight reduction.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Metria IH1 device that continuously measures physical activity over 1 week
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Improvements in working memory scores as a function of lengthening of light physical activity. Please not that negative improvements represent cases, where the patients remembered less items after IGB removal that before
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